Susan Nancarrow, Alan Borthwick

The Allied Health Professions (eBook, ePUB)

A Sociological Perspective

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The allied health professions have gained legitimacy through the pursuit of research evidence and the standardisation of practice. Yet there remains very little analysis or understanding of these professions. Adopting theory from the sociology of health professions, this unique text explores the sociological, economic, political and philosophical pressures that have shaped the professions. Drawing on case studies and examples from occupations including optometrists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists to emerging vocations, including pedorthists and allied health assistants, this book offers an innovative comparison of allied health professions in Australia and Britain. By telling the story of their past, this original book prepares the allied health professions for a new and different future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447345374
• Artikelnr.: 61306975

Autorenporträt

Susan Nancarrow is a health and higher education consultant and Adjunct Professor at the School of Health and Human Sciences at Southern Cross University in Australia. Susan is a health services researcher and allied health professional.

Alan Borthwick OBE is Emeritus Professor at the School of Health Sciences at the University of Southampton, UK and Adjunct Professor at the School of Health and Human Sciences at Southern Cross University in Australia. Alan is an allied health professional and sociologist.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The allied health collective Diversity in the allied health
professions The established allied health professions Emerging allied
health professions The support workforce within the allied health division
of labour Specialisation in allied health Post-professionalism and allied
health Conclusion